Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 6: Ibrahim Raina has been elected as President of Kashmir Rafting Operators Association (KROA) while as Manzoor Joo would be the new Vice-President of the Association.
This was announced during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of KROA held at Yanner village near Pahalgam today. Mohammad Yousuf would be the new general secretary of the Association while as Hakeem Mohammad Yousuf would be the new Joint Secretary and Uzair Nazir has been elected as Treasurer of the Association. During the AGM the Executive Committee was also elected. The elections were held in the presence of Rauf Tramboo and Mehraj Din Presidents of TAAK and ATOAK respectively. The Association decided to hold series of activities for the promotion of Yanner as a model village for adventure and heritage tourism. It was also decided to hold first ever Yanner festival which would comprise of Rafting and sport angling championships etc. The AGM decided to create better facilities for conveyance of tourists at all Rafting spots in the valley.
The KROA has decided to approach Director Tourism Kashmir for sponsoring some adventure related activities. During the meeting, Director Operation of Adventure Call Tours, Mohammad Yousuf said that there is urgent need of exploring other rivers like Veshu nallah, Kishansar and Drass rivers for commercial river rafting in the state.
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